Hello Alfred, On 13 Aug 2004 Alfred Loeb wrote about: [PRODIG] RIP Software (snipped for brevity)
> I am really confused about the need for third party RIP software for > Epson printers. Is it really necessary to get the best results? What > is the experience of others using third party RIPs with Epson > printers? What RIP do you recommend? We run Epson 7600's with the Image Print RIP v5.6 (the v6 is available for Mac only for the moment - quite a long moment probably). You have to buy one version per printer, but there is a discount for the second printer. You can print from multiple computers, though. We really see the difference between printing with RIP and using the Epson drivers only, as we demonstrate to our students on our courses. The RIP makes a real difference in improved shadow detail, beautiful colour, neutrality in BW prints, and many other advantages. For BW we run matte black on one of the printers, and produce beautiful prints on fine art papers that are either neutral or toned. Colorbyte provide profiles for use with their RIP for a huge number of papers and printers, and you can make your own for colour, if you prefer. Or, if you want, they will make a custom profile for you to use with the RIP on a paper they haven't profiled, if you just send them the medium. You can see a video of this RIP at the http://www.Colorbytesoftware.com site, and more of the benefits are apparent. http://www.colorbytesoftware.com/imageprint.htm Chose 'take an online tour'. You can download a trial copy, but the word DEMO comes out horribly all over the print, making a real evaluation almost impossible. Colorbyte offered to give us our money back within 30 days if we didn't like it. > With my 2200 I am getting results almost as good as my wet darkroom > Ilfochrome and B&W prints. (I am about to upgrade to the Epson 4000.) They have a driver for the 4000 and are offering special introductory pricing on it, I see. Of course none of this comes without trial and error to find exactly the right settings and to see what gives you the result you are after, but there are friendly and helpful folk at the Yahoo group for this RIP, including names you will recognise from this group. Hope this helps, Regards, Ellie -- Ellie Kennard, Innovative Imaging Studio, http://www.iiStudio.com Contributor to Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, 2nd edition by Katrin Eismann =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
